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The Memory of Janusz The Memory of Janusz Korczak in the Latest Literature for Children
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This text has been inspired by the undying memory of Janusz Korczak, a pedagogue, a reformer of education and an informal ombudsman for children’s rights, which is vivid in many areas of social life in Poland and the world. Since 2012, which was declared the Year of Janusz Korczak by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, the problem of understanding and interpreting children’s rights in reference to Korczak’s pedagogy has been increasingly discussed on the Polish children’s book market. I attempt to answer the questions: how does the selected literature tell contemporary children about Korczak and what elements of his pedagogy are particularly emphasized? Which of Korczak’s ideas and practical pedagogical solutions are and should be relevant today? The theoretical basis of the text is Korczak’s theoretical works and memoirs as well as interdisciplinary literature on his work. I use the content analysis method applied in a qualitative research methodology. It covers the following books, addressed especially to children finishing the first stage of education, but also to older ones: Jest taka historia. Opowieść o Januszu Korczaku [There is Such a Story: The Story of Janusz Korczak] by Beata Ostrowicka (2012), Zwyczajny dzień [An Ordinary Day] by Katarzyna Zimmerer (2012), Po drugiej stronie okna [On the Other Side of the Window] by Anna Czerwińska-Rydel (2012) and Bohater dzieci [Children’s Hero] by Tomasz Bogacki (2021). In the analysed literature, I point to selected excerpts (so-called words of wisdom) that can serve as inspiration in pedagogical work for educators, guardians and people who care about protecting the individuality of a child.
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Janusz Korczak, children's literature, children's rights, dialogue, subjectivityDetails
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